Elaine Mikels | |
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Born | April 28, 1921 Los Angeles, California |
Died | February 16, 2004 Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Occupation(s) | Activist, social worker |
Known for | Founder, Conard House |
Elaine Mikels (April 28, 1921 – February 16, 2004) was an American activist and social worker. In 1960 she opened Conard House, the first psychiatric halfway house in San Francisco. She wrote an autobiography, Just Lucky I Guess: From Closet Lesbian to Radical Dyke (1993). Her papers are held in the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives.